German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II, Volume 2: From Scharnhorst to Tirpitz, 1942-1944
This volume is a compendium of four Battle Summaries or Naval Staff
Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical
Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for
internal use only, these histories are published here for the first
time. The documents in this book cover the actions that resulted in
the sinking or immobilising of the German warships
"Bismarck" and "Graf Spee," and records the
struggle to rid the seas of the meance of the armed merchant
raiders.
The passage of the "Scharnhorst", "Gneisenau" and "Prinz Eugen" through the English Channel, 12 February 1942 the attack on the "Tirpitz" by midget submarines (operation 'Source'), 22 September 1943 sinking of the "Scharnhorst", 26 December 1943 naval aircraft attack on the "Tirpitz" (operation 'Tungsten'), 3 April 1944 appendix - German battleship "Scharnhorst" -interrogation of survivors, April 1944.
